Tag: Ethiopia
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Teddy Yo arrested after releasing new music video
By Dagem Teferra The well-known Ethiopian rapper Teddy Yo recently released a song entitled “Wenberish” that landed him in jail within a day from the original drop on YouTube. The self-proclaimed originator of Ethiopian Hip-Hop, Teddy Yo is seen in his new music video in a prison jumpsuit getting interrogated while his head is dumped underwater by…
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Teddy Yo’s love of africa and ethiopian culture
Teddy Yo is a household name in Ethiopia. His rap career started with a group called the Gamo Boys, a group that launched is career but also held him back creatively. After he decided to go solo, his popularity and recognition as a rapper truly took off. Yo is known for his unique style and…
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Skat Nati’s “Sira” and how he depicts success as an ethiopian man
Being a Black man in the world is not an easy task. Even when having the darkest of skin doesn’t make you the minority, it doesn’t make life any easier. Skat Nati, an Ethiopian rapper who rose to stardom primarily from his massively popular song, “Sira,” makes this fact of life even clearer to those…
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RESPECT HER “Akberat”- Nina Girma
Nina Girma is a female artist in Ethiopia who has had many features on popular songs. Her popularity has been rising recently as she featured on “Yetale Aleqa” with Yared Negu in 2019 which reached over 2 million views on Youtube. She has performed on Seifu on EBS which could be considered as an equivalent…
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Ras Nebyu: Diasporic “Uptown Lion Walking”
Ras Nebyu (born Mebraknegodguwad Mahtemework) is a DC-based artist who identifies as part of the Ethiopian diaspora. Although Nebyu was born and raised in America, he grew up with his Ethiopian father and grandmother, and was exposed throughout his life to Ethiopian culture through the greater diaspora in DC. Nebyu’s identity within the diaspora is…
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Lola Monroe’s “Grime”
Lola Monroe, or “Queen Roe”, is an artist who has been steeped in hip hop culture long before she first picked up a mic. The Addis Ababa born, DC raised emcee first got her start in hip hop as a “video vixen” in the early and mid 2000s, when she appeared in music videos for…